page_title: Wulfing cache
hierarchical_section_title: Wulfing cache
caption_attribution_description: English: An illustration of a Mississippian culture anthropomorphic human headed avian repoussé copper plate found near Malden, Missouri in 1906. One of eight plates found in the Wulfing cache, this one is designated Plate A. Unreconstructed area measures 30 centimetres (12&#160;in) in length by 13.5 centimetres (5.3&#160;in) in width and weighing 84 grams (3.0&#160;oz).[1] Reconstructed areas based on Malden plate F and the Upper Bluff Lake avian plate, as all three are thought to have been made by the same artist or workshop.[2]
context_page_description: The Wulfing cache, or Malden plates, are eight Mississippian copper plates crafted by peoples of the Mississippian culture. They were discovered in Dunklin County, Missouri in 1906 by Ray Grooms, a farmer, while plowing a field south of Malden. The repousséd copper plates were instrumental to archaeologists' developing the concept known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
context_section_description: The Wulfing cache, or Malden plates, are eight Mississippian copper plates crafted by peoples of the Mississippian culture. They were discovered in Dunklin County, Missouri in 1906 by Ray Grooms, a farmer, while plowing a field south of Malden.  The repousséd copper plates were instrumental to archaeologists' developing the concept known as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
caption: Malden Plate A, depicting a human headed avian deity
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